Black Bindweed vs Plains Pocket Mouse

Fallopia convolvulus compared with Perognathus flavescens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Black Bindweed Plains Pocket Mouse
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales) Rodentia (Rodents)
Family Polygonaceae Heteromyidae
Genus Fallopia Perognathus
Species Fallopia convolvulus Perognathus flavescens

Conservation Status

Black Bindweed

LC — Least Concern

Plains Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Black Bindweed Plains Pocket Mouse
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Bindweed

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Israel, Taiwan), Europe (16 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).

Plains Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Black Bindweed

The Black Bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus) is a species in the genus Fallopia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Plains Pocket Mouse

No description available.

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